Carrier for envelops to be addressed.



W. A. STALEY.

6ARR|ER FOR ENVELOPS TO BE ADDRESSEDL APPUCATIOH men JAN. 26. 1918.

1,288,252. Patented De0.17,1918.

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TTNTTEE STATES PATENT QEETC I WILLIAM: A. STALEY, 0F DES MOINES, IOWA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO ALBERT T. SCI-IRADER, JR, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI.

CARRIER FOR ENVELOPS TO BE ADDRESSED.

Application filed January 26, 1918.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, VVILLIAM A. STALEY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Des Moines, in the county of Polk and State of Iowa, have invented a new and useful Carrier for Envelops to be Addressed, of which the following is a specification.

The present invention relates to a holder or carrier for envelops for feeding the same over a platen of a typewriter or other machine used for addressing the envelops, and has for an object to provide a carrier which is adapted to maintain the envelops in such position that they may be readily and consecutively advanced through the machlne with the least possible movement of the platen.

Another object is to provide a strip for a carrier which is adapted to support a rela tively large number of envelops; which holds the envelops from edgewise displacement in all directions; which admits the easy and quick positioning and removal of the envelops upon and from the strip; and which 1s constructed to hold the envelops in over lapping relation with the parts of the intermediate envelops exposed which are to receive the address or other data.

The above, and various other objects and advantages of this invention will be in part described, and in part understood, from the following detailed description of the present preferred embodiment, the same being illustrated in the accompanying drawlng, wherein:

Figure l is an outer face view of a portion of a strip constructed according to the present invention, a number of envelops of the usual type being mounted upon the strip.

Fig. 2 is a rear face view of the same, disclosing the projecting portions of the flap of the envelop and the upper corners of the same.

Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the same, showing the front side of the strip and the overlapping envelops carried thereby.

Fig. 4 is a view similar to Fig. 3 showing the rear side of the strip and the projecting portions of the envelops.

Fig. 5 is a diagrammatic view illustrating a filled carrier strip applied to a platen.

Referring to this drawing the carrier comprises a strip 10 of suitable length for carrying the desired number of envelops A. The

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 17, 1918.

Serial No. 214,037.

strip 10 is of a width slightly greater than that of the envelops and is provided with a group of slits for'each envelop. In each group there is formed a transverse relatively long slit 11 adapted to receive therethrough the free end portion of the flap B of the envelop, and a pair of spaced diagonal slits 12 arranged one near each lateral edge portion of the strip or carrier 10.

The carrier 10 may be formed from relatively tough paper or other suitable material capable of resisting tear in the handling-of the strip, and which is of sutlicient flexibility to pass freely over the platen and through the machine. The groups of slits 11 and 12 are arranged in closely spaced relation throughout the length of the carrier to support the envelops in overlapping relation to an extent which uncovers only those portions of the envelops which are adapted to receive the necessary data; thus accommodating a relatively large number of envelops within the length of the carrier 10.

In the use of the carrier it is preferred to first apply an envelop to the lower end of the strip and to place the remaining envelops successively thereon and upon each other in the overlapping relation above described. Each envelop is quickly attached to the carrier by first inserting the tip of the flap B through the adjacent slot 11 and then bending the upper corners of the envelop A suf I'iciently to engage them through the adjacent pair of diagonal slots 12, as shown at G.

The transverse slits 11 are of suflicient length to receive about two thirds of the flap B therethrough, the flap binding against the carrier at the ends of the slit l1 and working against the marginal portions of the slits 12 to hold the envelop from sliding longitudinally upon the carrier. As the slits 12 are formed diagonally or at substantially forty five degrees and extend in opposite directions, the edges of the slits 12 retain the envelops from lateral displacement.

The envelop is thus securely held to the carrier with its lower portion free to receive the subj acent envelop therebeneath.

After the envelops have been addressed, they may be readily removed from the carrier by grasping the lower free edges of the envelops and drawing the latter down, buokling the flaps B sufficiently to disengage the upper corners C of the envelops from the diagonal slits 12, further downward movement of the envelops disengaging the flaps B from the slits 11.

When the carrier is loaded, it may be fed over a platen D, as shown in Fig. 5 with the envelops facing away from the platen to receive the desired imprints as the strip is advanced over the platen in the usual manner or" sheets of paper.

It is of course understood that the carrier 10 may be of any suitable width adapted to accommodate long and short en velops, and that the slits 11 and 12 may be arranged in any desired angular relation with respect to each other to efiect the result retaining the envelops from longitudinal and lateral displacement, and in relatively close relation to minimize the required advancement of the platen for bringing the data receiving portions of the envelops into proper position to receive the imprints.

hat is claimed is:

1. A carrier for envelops to be addressed, comprising a flexible strip adapted to he ted over the platen of an addressing machine and provided with longitudinally spaced apart groups of slits arranged to receive the tips of the flaps and theupper corners of the envelops to hold the same from longitudinal and edgewise displacement from the strip.

2. A carrier for envelope to be addressed, comprising a strip adapted to be fed over a platen of an addressing machine, and provided with spaced opposed diagonal slits tor engaging the upper corners of envelope and with means to engage the flaps of the en velops to maintain the envelope on the strip.

3. A carrier for envelops to he addressed, comprising a strip adapted to be fed over a platen of an addressing machine, and provided with spaced means for engaging the envelops to maintain the same on the strip, said means being adapted to engage the up per edge portions of the envelops for holding the envelops from sliding upwardly upon the strip, and to engage the edges of the flaps of the envelops for holding the latter from sliding downwardly on the strip.

4. A carrier for envelops to be addressed, comprising astrip adapted to be fed over a platen of an addressing machine, and provided with spaced opposed means for engaging the envelops at opposed edge portions to maintain the envelops on the strip, the opposed means it'or each envelop being spaced from an adjacent opposed means a distance less than the height of the envelop to: support the envelop in overlapping relation throughout the length of the strip with suiticient surface of the envelop exposed for receiving the addresses.

5. A. carrier for envelops to be addressed, comprising a strip adapted to be fed over a platen of an addressing machine, said strip having closely spaced apart groups of slits extending throughout the length of the strip, each group including a transverse slit adapted to receive the free end portion of the flap of an envelop and a pair of oppositely extending diagonal slits adapted to receive the upper corners of the envelop and being spaced from the transverse slit adistance for maintaining the upper corners. and the end of the flap through their respec tive slits.

6. A carrier for envelops to be addressed,

comprising a strip adapted to be fed over platen of an addressing machine andprovided with spaced opposed means for en gaging the upper edge portions ot the envelops to hold the envelops from sliding upwardly on the strip, and. provided with spaced transverse slits adapted to receive the free end portions of the flaps of envelops for holding the latter against sliding downwardly on the strip.

WILLIAM A. STALEY.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. 6.. 

